Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments 2026, 2/11: Lightning Raids: Massacres and Displacement

Episode 2/11 of our walk through "Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Haiti: Key Recent Developments, March through September 2026", by IJDH and BAI. The report documents armed groups moving out of the capital and into the countryside in what it calls lightning raids: 70 people killed in Jean-Denis alone, and 164 killed in the Kenscoff massacres of July and August. We look at how armed groups govern the areas they hold, the nearly 1.5 million people displaced, and the journalists who were abducted and killed for their work.

Read the full transcript on Jou: https://jou.rasanblaj.ht/podcast/deep-dive/2026-10-24/transcript